consume

con·sume  (kn-sm)

v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes

v.tr.

1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat.

2.

a. To expend; use up: engines that consume less fuel; a project that consumed most of my time and energy.

b. To purchase (goods or services) for direct use or ownership.

3. To waste; squander. See Synonyms at waste.

4. To destroy totally; ravage: flames that consumed the house; a body consumed by cancer.

5. To absorb; engross: consumed with jealousy. See Synonyms at monopolize.

v.intr.

1. To be destroyed, expended, or wasted.

2. To purchase economic goods and services: a society that consumes as fast as it produces.

---

[Middle English consumen, from Latin cnsmere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + smere, to take; see em- in Indo-European roots.]

---

consume

Verb

[-suming, -sumed]

1. to eat or drink

2. to use up

3. to destroy: the ship blew up and was consumed by flames

4. to obsess: he was consumed with jealousy over the ending of their affair [Latin com- (intensive) + sumere to take up]

consumable adj
consuming adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	consume - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" down, devour, go through eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
	2.	consume - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" ingest, have, take in, take hit - consume to excess; "hit the bottle" cannibalise, cannibalize - eat human flesh habituate, use - take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely" eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" drink, imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" booze, drink, fuddle - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" partake, touch - consume; "She didn't touch her food all night" eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" replete, sate, satiate, fill - fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" sample, taste, try, try out - take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes" suck in, sop up, take up, take in - take up as if with a sponge smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" do drugs, drug - use recreational drugs swallow, get down - pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" sup - take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon desist, refrain, abstain - choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
	3.	consume - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" ware, squander, waste fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, fool, dissipate, shoot - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" luxuriate, wanton - become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously lavish, shower - expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise" overspend - spend at a high rate expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money" splurge, fling - indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV"
	4.	consume - destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building" ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
	5.	consume - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat run out - exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" drain - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy" luxuriate, indulge - enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream" burn off, burn up, burn - use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money" spend - spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days" take, use up, occupy - require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" play out, sap, tire, exhaust, run down - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
	6.	consume - engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" engage, engross, occupy, absorb - consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

---

consume

verb 1. eat, swallow, devour, put away, gobble (up), eat up, guzzle, polish off (informal)

verb 2. use up, use, spend, waste, employ, absorb, drain, exhaust, deplete, squander, utilize, dissipate, expend, eat up, fritter away

verb 3. destroy, devastate, demolish, ravage, annihilate, lay waste

verb 4. (often passive) obsess, dominate, absorb, preoccupy, devour, eat up, monopolize, engross

Translations

consume [kənˈsjuːm] vt (= eat) → comerse (= drink); beberse; [fire etc], (COMM) → consumir

---

consume [kənˈsjuːm] vt → consommer;

(subj) [flames, hatred, desire] → consumer;

to be consumed with hatred → être dévoré par la haine;

to be consumed with desire → brûler de désir

---

consume [kənˈsjuːm] vt (food, drink) → zu sich nehmen, konsumieren;

(fuel, energy) → verbrauchen;

(time) → in Anspruch nehmen;

(subj) (emotion) → verzehren: (fire) → vernichten

---

consume [kənˈsjuːm] vt → consumare

---

consume

v consume [kənˈsjuːm]

1 to eat or drink He consumes a huge amount of food. verbruik, opgebruik; verslind, opeet, verorber; konsumeer; uitteer يَسْتَهْلِك консумирам konzumovat, sníst fortære; konsumere verzehren καταναλώνω consumir tarbima خوردن nauttia, kuluttaa consommer לֶאֱכוֹל, לִשׁתוֹת काम में लाना, व्यय करना pojesti, popiti (el)fogyaszt memakan neyta, borða, drekka consumare 飲食する 먹다, 마시다 suvalgyti, išgerti apēst; notiesāt memakan verorberen fortære, spise, drikke konsumować consumir a mânca; a bea поглощать spotrebovať zaužiti konzumirati förtära, konsumera บริโภค yemek, içmek 消費 з'їдати كهانا يا پينا ăn uống 消费

2 to use How much electricity do you consume per month? gebruik يَسْتَعْمِل поглъща spotřebovat forbruge verbrauchen καταναλώνω, χρησιμοποιώ consumir tarbima مصرف کردن kuluttaa consommer לִצרוֹך उपभोग करना potrošiti felhasznál menggunakan nota, eyða consumare 消費する 써버리다 sunaudoti, suvartoti patērēt; izlietot menggunakan verbruiken (for)bruke zużywać consumir a consuma потреблять spotrebovať porabiti trošiti förbruka, konsumera ใช้ kullanmak 消耗 споживати; витрачати استعمال كرنا tiêu thụ 消耗

3 to destroy, eg by fire The entire building was consumed by fire. vernietig; verbrand تَلْتَهِمَه النّار، يَتْلَف унищожавам zničit fortære zerstören καταστρέφω consumir, reducir a cenizas hävitama نابود کردن tuhota consumer לְכַלוֹת बरबाद होना uništiti elpusztít membinasakan (gjör)eyða(st) í eldi consumare 消滅させる 소멸시키다 sunaikinti, sudeginti iznīcināt (par uguni) dimusnahkan verwoesten fortære(s), tilintetgjøre(s) trawić, pochłaniać consumir a mistui уничтожать zničiť uničiti uništiti förtära, förstöra ทำลาย yıkıp yok etmek 毀滅 знищувати بهسم كرنا، برباد كر ڈالنا thiêu 毁灭

n conˈsumer

a person who eats, uses, buys things etc The average consumer spends 12 dollars per year on toothpaste. verbruiker, konsument مُسْتَهْلِك потребител spotřebitel forbruger der Verbraucher καταναλωτής consumidor tarbija مصرف کننده kuluttaja consommateur/-trice צַרכָן उपभोगता potrošač fogyasztó konsumen neytandi consumatore, consumatrice 消費者 소비자 vartotojas patērētājs pengguna consument forbruker, konsument konsument consumidor consumator потребитель spotrebiteľ, -ka potrošnik potrošač konsument ผู้บริโภค tüketici 消費者 споживач صارف، گاهك người tiêu dùng 消费者

n consumption [kənˈsampʃən]

1 the act of consuming The consumption of coffee has increased. verbruik, vertering إسْتِهلاك консумация spotřeba forbrug der Verbrauch κατανάλωση consumo tarbimine مصرف kulutus consommation צְרִיכָה उपयोग करना, उपभोग करना potrošnja fogyasztás konsumsi, pemakaian neysla consumo 消費 소비 (su)vartojimas patēriņš penggunaan consumptie fortæring, ødeleggelse, forbruk, konsum konsumpcja consumo consum потребление spotreba poraba potrošnja konsumtion การบริโภค yeme, içme, tüketme 消費 споживання; витрата كهانا پينا، خورد ونوش sự tiêu dùng 消费

2 an old word for tuberculosis of the lungs. tering مَرَض السِّل، التَّدَرُّن الرِئَوي охтика tuberkulóza tæring TBC, Tuberkulose φυματίωση tisis سل consomption (tuberculose pulmonaire) שַׁחֶפֶת तपेदिक के लिए एक पुराना शब्द sušica, tuberkuloza tüdővész tbc paru consunzione 肺結核 (plaučių) džiova dilonis tuberkulosis paru tering tæring (tuberkulose) suchoty чахотка suchotiny jetika sušica lungsot วัณโรคปอด (คำเก่า) verem （舊）肺病 туберкульоз легенів, сухоти دق كا مرض bệnh lao phổi （旧）肺病

consumer goods

goods which can be used immediately to satisfy human needs, eg clothing, food, TV sets etc. verbruiksware, verbruiksgoedere, verbruikersgoedere بَضائِع إسْتِهلاكِيّه потребителски стоки spotřební zboží forbrugsvarer Konsumgüter (pl.) καταναλωτικά αγαθά bienes de consumo tarbekaubad کالاهای مصرفی kulutustavarat biens de consommation מוּצָרֵי צְרִיכָה उपभोक्ता वस्तुएं potrošačka roba fogyasztási cikkek memenuhi neysluvara beni di consumo 消費財 소비재 plataus vartojimo prekės plaša patēriņa preces barangan pengguna consumptiegoederen forbruksvarer dobra konsumpcyjne bens de consumo bunuri (de larg consum) потребительские товары spotrebný tovar potrošne dobrine potrošačka dobra konsumtionsvaror สินค้าอุปโภคบริโภค tüketim malları 消費品 товари широкого вжитку اشياۓ صرف hàng tiêu dùng 消费品